Kari Dorr

Washtenaw County today launches the annual "Stuff the Bus" campaign. The effort aims to collect school supplies for needy children in kindergarten through fifth grade in Washtenaw County's public schools.

A school bus will be parked in front of the Target store on Carpenter Road. Kari Dorr is heading up the campaign for the county. Shes says all types of supplies are needed, including:

Pencils

Backpacks

Three-ring binders

Composition books

Erasers

Colored pencils, Crayons

Pens, Mechanical pencils

Pencil sharpeners

Folders

Hi-lighters

Index cards

Calculators

Display boards

Protractors, Rulers

Supplies can be given to volunteers on site or donations can be placed directly into boxes on the school bus. Dorr says the amount of donated supplies has increased every year, and this year the hope is to exceed $10,000 worth. The drive is being held everyday this week from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.